Houda Rihani

Acting

Houda Rihani

Born

1975-04-28 (51)

Place of birth

Casablanca, Maroc

Known for

Acting

Credits

21 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 5 titles

Marh'ba poster
NR

Mina and Saïd, a young engaged couple, return to Morocco to marry. But when his traditional immigrant parents meet her wealthy liberal family, tensions erupt. Can love bridge two worlds that seem irreconcilable?

Marh'ba

2011

Memory of clay poster
NR

Upon his release from prison, Ahmed tries to get his life back on track as best he can. He reunites with his cellmate, Lhoussine, with whom he runs a modest plant nursery on the outskirts of the city. However, his main goal remains finding his missing wife, Atika. He befriends Halima, who has been living alone in seclusion since the accidental death of her husband.

Memory of clay

2012

Rough Hands poster
NR

Mustapha is a forty-year-old barber in Casablanca. His clients are retired high-ranking government officials, former cabinet ministers and power brokers in Morocco. On the side, Mustapha has an underground business "facilitating" paperwork, using his privileged access to these retired bigwigs to grease the wheels of bureaucracy. While his operation thrives, Mustapha keeps a shameful secret: he is illiterate, and has hired Said to assist him with managing appointments and tracking transactions. He does not know that Said is being paid to monitor his underground dealings.

Rough Hands

2011

Aida poster
NR

A Paris-based Jewish music teacher is battling a malignant tumor. Convinced that her days are numbered, she decides to return to Morocco to reconnect with her roots and regain forgotten childhood memories.

Aida

2015

Nhar Tzad Tfa Dow poster
NR

A man one day discovers a clone that looks like him. Not satisfied with being a creature that no one wants to have in his paws, the clone steals his entire life from the human by living it in his place...

Nhar Tzad Tfa Dow

2011

2000s · 10 titles

No artwork available
NR

A taxi driver travels between Marrakech and Tahannaout to make a living, while his wife works at a large hotel. Her ambitions and growing independence create jealousy and conflict in their marriage.

The Road to Marrakech

2004

No artwork available
NR

Aziz meets Wafaa, a young prostitute and tries to get out of his condition. His task won't be easy.

Une histoire d'amour

2002

Break poster
NR

The movie is about an alcoholic policeman who abuses his wife and his children .

Break

2006

Face to face poster
NR

Amal and her husband Kamal split up in a great confusion and misunderstanding. Each one believes he's been abandoned by the other. Several years later, Amal undertakes a search for her husband, along with her brother-in-law, Redouane.

Face to face

2003

The Shell Necklace poster
NR

A father searches for his son after he disappeared from view, especially after doubts were raised about his possibility of joining extremist groups

The Shell Necklace

2008

ثمن الرحيل poster
NR

The film revolves around a young man named Jilali who lives a difficult life in the village and suffers from poverty. He is encouraged by his uncle and one of his friends about the city. One day he decides to abandon his village and go to the city, there he finds great difficulties and obstacles, and pays the high price in order to succeed.

ثمن الرحيل

2003

Une Saison sèche poster
NR

The film tells the story of a man in his fifth decade called Jaafar, who earned a large fortune by exploiting the rich widows, where he marries them and steals their money before passing to another victim, hiding his evil behind his status and its false authority. His latest victim is an elderly woman named Mona who gained a lot of wealth after the death of her husband and lives with her son who is in his late thirties, and after Jaafar took Mona to write all of his properties in his name, he started a new relationship with a young girl and started the same tricks to get rid of Mona the elderly, which made her life an unbearable hell. Will the Jafar plan succeed or fail this time?

Une Saison sèche

2005

The Bitter Orange poster
6.5

Souadia's monotonous life changes after an encounter with a police officer (Amin) next to an orange tree

The Bitter Orange

2007

Rahma poster
7.0

Ahmed Chaoui is the prototype of the erased man who does not catch the eye of anyone, his life with his wife Anissa is a picture of cold happiness, started since 13 years ago, the couple has no children despite the burning desire to have... However, Ahmed, good and honest, never made a single step towards medicine for fear of wrinkling the sensibility of his wife, , and both do not know who of the two is sterile and seem to accommodate very well to this situation until the day when Ahmed crosses the path of a pregnant woman who asks him to drop her. Helpful by nature, he can not say no, and the woman drags him to a police station and riot police ... She accuses him of being the father of the baby she wears! Since Ahmed can not prove the opposite, he risks paying the price. He tells the disaster to his wife who jumps on the occasion and offers to adopt the child.

Rahma

2004

Demande D’Emploi poster
NR

Demande d’Emploi is the story of three young Moroccans from working-class neighborhoods, graduates and unemployed, looking for work, but also a love story in the background.

Demande D’Emploi

2005

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